Ideal Situations

How I behave in ideal situations is different from my daily life. Meaning, when I have little to no stress, plenty of money in the bank, my health is good, and work is good, my attitude is significantly different than at other times. This poses two interesting situations, first what to do when it’s not ideal and second how to insure things are ideal all the time.

I’ll look at the not ideal situations first. Life has its ups and downs. Things will never remain ideal. Defined as one’s conception of what is perfect or most suitable or, existing only in the imagination, an ideal existence may seem impossible or fleeting. The usages and definitions have changed over the centuries, but it’s origins are both Greek and Latin. The Greek meaning “act of thinking” and later a “mental image or picture.”

I’m sure you can see the ideal version of work, home, cars, clothes, and the like. Your mind’s eye can put it in clear focus for you and you can truly envision yourself driving a particular car to a particular home and dressing in a certain manner. I’m sure you’re able to see the types of food you’ll eat and who will prepare your meals. That’s the ideal situation and if you’re not living that ideal life today, how can you achieve it?

Well, it comes with a bit more clarity. It comes with a bit more determination. It comes with a bit more resolve. It comes with working towards those things consistently. It comes with seeing that ideal version of life a couple times a day. To think about it, see it, smell it, and feel it within your being. It comes with training your mind. It comes with training yourself.

I’ve been able to do this but for brief stints of time. I proclaim ignorance in not continuing along that path. I’ve lived my ideal version of things repeatedly. It’s awe-inspiring. Each time I was able to recognize I was in my ideal version of something, it sent tinkles up and down my spine. The realization of something actually occurring in real time the way I thought it would was surreal. I was unaware that I needed to keep the vision going. So it came and went, never to appear again.

If you’ve had glimpses of your ideal self, your ideal work, your ideal home, your ideal car, those things must be top of mind, at all times. You and I must continue to bring those things into existence with the obsessive thought of them. Plant needs water and sunshine, your ideal, your vision does as well.

Today, Thursday, August 22, 2024, I am grateful that: